fair market value

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Recent Examples of fair market value While there was no dispute that sales must be fairly conducted, justices across the ideological spectrum resisted the idea that compensation should be based on the home’s fair market value. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026 They are entitled instead to the fair market value of the property being sold. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026 Dallas County District Court filings show city attorneys requested that a judge appoint special commissioners to evaluate the land’s fair market value Jan. 15. Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026 For public education, success means increasing revenue for Texas public schools through the Permanent School Fund by ensuring fair market value for public resources without raising taxes. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fair market value
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Noun
  • Its market value now stands at roughly $80 billion, far higher than Germany’s biggest carmakers, including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Lanzone, 55, finally got his chance after the private equity firm Apollo Global Management paid $5 billion to take over Yahoo in September 2021 — a fraction of its peak $125 billion market value reached during the dot-com boom’s giddy days in early 2000.
    Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The median monthly rent and home value are $1,891 and $376,723, respectively.
    Chase Jordan March 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But Trump’s election proved that a sizable contingent of the population had no problem imposing their values on others—and even hoped that the government might do so for them.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Lillibridge says his costs have already increased 25% since last year.
    Lana Zak, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The signs opposed the war in Iran, decried the cost of housing and health care, supported Ukraine in its war with Russia and raised the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Fair market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fair%20market%20value. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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